Why AI Fitness Summaries Are Mostly Useless

Like with every other corner of our lives, AI has flooded popular fitness apps and wearables. From Strava’s Athlete “Intelligence,” to Garmin’s underwhelming Connect+ subscription, to Whoop’s recovery recommendations, these AI-powered features claim to transform raw data into actionable wisdom. The reality? Most of these AI summaries are expensive digital fortune cookies that tell you […]

Seven Temporary, Renter-Friendly Bathroom Upgrades

We may earn a commission from links on this page. One of the biggest downsides of renting is the lack of control over your environment—and that extends to the most intimate area of your home: the bathroom. Maybe this is fine, if your landlord has updated it at some point in the last two decades. […]

Google Is Rolling Out an iPhone-Like ‘Calling Card’ Feature

Apple gets some flack from the tech community for stealing features from Android, but the truth is, the theft goes both ways. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, after all. The latest such example is a new feature hitting Google’s Contacts app: a full-screen “calling card,” reminiscent of Apple’s “Contact Posters.” The idea of both […]

Google’s Using AI to Help You Find Cheap Flights

Google Flights is getting an AI tool to help you find the best deals for your upcoming trips by just going to a chatbox and telling it what you want. Called Flight Deals, you use it just like you’d use a Google search box. Just describe when, where, and how you want to travel, and […]

Norway’s $1.6 trillion wealth fund boosts indirect Bitcoin exposure by 192% in Q2 2025

NBIM now holds the equivalent of 7,161 BTC through listed equities. Institutional interest in Bitcoin grows through ETFs and corporate holdings. The move may signal early stages of sovereign-backed Bitcoin adoption. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has taken a significant step into the cryptocurrency market, increasing its Bitcoin (BTC) exposure by […]

Daily Search Forum Recap: August 15, 2025

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Seven Games Like ‘Stardew Valley’ You Should Play Next

In the pantheon of indie video games, 2016’s Stardew Valley holds a place of pride. Singlehandedly developed, designed, programmed, and even scored by one guy—he goes by the online handle ConcernedApe—it’s ostensibly a farming simulator, but it goes way beyond Farmville. Players can grow and harvest their crops, yes. But they can also fish, mine […]

How to Use a Windows Keyboard on Your Mac Without Getting a Headache

Maybe you’re visiting family with your MacBook and set up a temporary workstation using whatever you can find around the house. Maybe you bought a fancy mechanical keyboard for your Mac not realizing it had a Windows layout. Either way, the first time you try to use a keyboard shortcut you’re going to feel frustrated. […]

Google Looking Into Adding Analytics For Preferred Sources

Google recently launched the preferred sources for top stories within Google Search. But there is no way for publishers to know how many of their readers selected their website as a preferred source. But Google said they are “looking into this” and may provide such data to publishers.

Google Search Age Verification: Asking To Confirm You’re An Adult

Google Search started to roll out the age verification that it said it would begin doing a couple of weeks ago. Yes, it is not just YouTube, it goes across Google Search ads too, as we reported back a couple of weeks ago.

Google’s John Mueller Suggests AI SEO Acronyms May Lead To Scams & Spam

Google’s John Mueller replied to a lot of the hype around all GEO, AIO, AEO, etc topics floating around the SEO space. John said on Bluesky, “The higher the urgency, and the stronger the push of new acronyms, the more likely they’re just making spam and scamming.”

Chartbeat: Traffic From Google To Publishers Stable Over Years

The studies we have thus seen from third parties have all said traffic from Google Search to websites has declined a lot since AI Overviews came out. But we have a new study from Chartbeat that says traffic to news publishers from Google (including Discover) has been stable over the past few years.

Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Volatility Continues, Preferred Sources, Site Hack Demolishes Traffic & Google On AI

The Google search ranking volatility has not calmed down since the June core update and we are in mid-August and expecting another core update soon. Google launched the preferred sources feature for Top Stories…

How to Beat Other Offers Without Bidding More (Rookie Reply)

Welcome to another Rookie Reply, where Tony J Robinson and Ashley Kehr answer questions from the BiggerPockets Forums and Real Estate Rookie Facebook group. This time, we’re covering questions like: […]

August 2025 Housing Market Update: Rates Fall, Price Corrections Spread

Mortgage rates just hit their lowest point in 2025. The housing market correction spreads to nearly 50% of the country. Sellers are giving up as new listings begin to retreat. […]

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